because nichols was my first director, john lessinger was my second. and they board refused to start shooting unless they got a month of rehearsal which is very difficult to get from film people. we're paying all this money, the crew is hired. you better be shooting. and that's what happened with those directors and what continued to happen on the set. they were the perfectionists. and i thought that is the way movies are made. i mean we could have shot graduate, i learned now, it's a small movie. few actors, four walls, couple extra, could have shot it 50, 60 days. he spent a hundred days shooting that movie. they taught me this perfection. >> rose: you have directed some theatre though hadn't you. >> yes. >> okay. so you got casting. you got a good cinematographer that you know and worked with before. >> for quarter tell. >> rose: yes. so you got a great cast. >> yes. >> you love, are you passionate about the theme. >> yes. you have got as i said the cinematography. you have a text you like. >> yes. >> rose: so what is there left for you to do? >> a